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Map (in equal-size constituencies) of the 2017 general election results showing the red wall. In political terms, the South, and particularly South East England (outside inner London) and East of England, is largely centre-right, and supportive of the Conservative Party, while the North was, at least until the 2019 general election, more supportive of the centre-left Labour Party.
An English North-South dividing line defined by Danny Dorling, former Geography professor at the University of Sheffield. [4] Severn-Wash Line, a common but unofficial way to define the North-South divide in England. [5] [6]
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The increasing awareness of the North–South divide strengthened the distinct Northern English identity, which, despite regeneration in some of the major cities, remains to this day. [124] The region saw several IRA attacks during the Troubles, including the M62 coach bombing, the Warrington bomb attacks and the 1992 and 1996 Manchester bombings.
The North-South divide can refer to: North–South divide of the world (Global North and Global South) North–South divide in Belgium; North–South divide in China; North–South divide in Ireland; North–South divide in Italy; North–South divide in Korea; North–South divide in Taiwan; North–South divide in the United Kingdom. North ...
King Oswald's Banner, used to represent the greater region and former kingdom of Northumbria. Northern England as defined along Historic Counties. Northern England devolution is the broad term used to describe the wish for devolved governmental powers that would give more autonomy to the Northern Counties (those northern parts of England in the North–South divide in the United Kingdom).
While the UK was a member of the European Union, they defined areas (constituencies) for the purposes of elections to the European Parliament. Eurostat also used them to demarcate first level Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) regions ("NUTS 1 regions") within the European Union , which in 2021 were superseded by ...
The expression "North of Watford" is used to mean the north of England, especially a place remote from London. [3] It is unknown whether the original expression referred to Watford, Northamptonshire , or the much larger Watford in Hertfordshire, the last urban stop on one of the main railway lines from London to the north of England.